Control your Shelly smart plug remotely on demand

Lets you turn a Shelly smart plug or switch on or off from anywhere with a single trigger.

How the work actually flows

A straight line.

Pattern: Sequence (1)

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Build size
Standard

A mid-size build with several tools working together.

Business functions
General Automation
Connects
Shelly

The problem it solves

You want to switch equipment on or off without walking over and flipping it by hand, especially when you're not on site. Doing this from your phone app works, but you have no way to trigger it as part of a bigger routine or schedule.

Who it fits

A small business or homeowner using Shelly smart plugs or switches to control equipment remotely.

How it works

  1. You trigger the automation whenever you want to flip the device
  2. The system sends a command to the Shelly cloud API with your device ID
  3. The smart plug or switch turns on or off instantly
What you get

Devices switched on or off from anywhere instantly

You can turn your equipment on or off from anywhere with a single tap, no matter where you are.

What you get

The connected device switches on or off on command, without touching the app.

What you need

A Shelly account with a registered smart plug or switch and its Cloud API access.

We can build this. But should you?

The hard question is not how to build it. It is whether this is the right thing to build first.

That is what a Fractional Chief AI Officer figures out with you, before anyone writes a line of code.

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